RBSE conducted the class 12 board exams this year for all the streams from March 3 to 29, 2016. Out of the 8,05,564 students who appeared for the class 12 exams, 1,97,000 were science students and 51,524 were from commerce stream, the exams being held across 5,130 centres in the Rajasthan state.

The Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education (RBSE) was started in Jaipur on December 4, 1957 and later was transferred to Ajmer in 1961. The Rajasthan Board is the responsible body that looks after the promotion and development of secondary education in the Rajasthan state.